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Commit: 13009adbf266b5e72eeb882286b43948b15cd49b
Parent: 68bb639a08330c7f06558e51ecab48d6a4ca2854
Author: Peter Rajnoha <prajnoha(a)redhat.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Apr 1 11:19:38 2014 +0200
Committer: Peter Rajnoha <prajnoha(a)redhat.com>
CommitterDate: Tue Apr 1 11:19:38 2014 +0200
man: add a note about --profile when using dumpconfig --mergedconfig
---
man/lvm-dumpconfig.8.in | 10 ++++++----
man/lvm.conf.5.in | 2 +-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/lvm-dumpconfig.8.in b/man/lvm-dumpconfig.8.in
index 7448992..e9fe84e 100644
--- a/man/lvm-dumpconfig.8.in
+++ b/man/lvm-dumpconfig.8.in
@@ -80,10 +80,12 @@ complete and they are not meant to be used in production.
.TP
.B \-\-mergedconfig
When the dumpconfig command is run with the \fB\-\-config\fP option
-(a common option that is recognized by all LVM tools, see also
-\fBlvm\fP(8)), merge this configuration with current configuration
-used (see \fB\-\-type current\fP above). Otherwise, only the
-configuration specified within \fB\-\-config\fP option is dumped.
+and/or \fB\-\-profile\fP option (common options that are recognized
+by all LVM tools, see also \fBlvm\fP(8)), merge the \fB\-\-config\fP
+and/or \fB\-\-profile\fP config with current configuration used
+(see \fB\-\-type current\fP above). Otherwise, only the configuration
+specified within \fB\-\-config\fP or \fB\-\-profile\fP option is dumped
+(see also \fBlvm.conf\fP(5) for more info about \fBconfig cascade\fP).
.TP
.B \-\-validate
diff --git a/man/lvm.conf.5.in b/man/lvm.conf.5.in
index 099c5a7..1bed3d9 100644
--- a/man/lvm.conf.5.in
+++ b/man/lvm.conf.5.in
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ exactly the same format as used in any LVM configuration file.
.LP
When several configuration methods are used at the same time
and when LVM looks for the value of a particular setting, it traverses
-this cascade from left to right:
+this \fBconfig cascade\fP from left to right:
\fBdirect config override on command line\fP -> \fBprofile config\fP -> \fBtag
config\fP -> \fBlvm.conf\fP.
No part of this cascade is compulsory. If there's no setting value found at
the end of the cascade, a default value is used for that setting.